The UK HE International Unit has advised us of the following Newton Fund international opportunities with closing dates in early 2016:
| 08 January 2016 | 4.30pm GMT | CHILE- Newton-Picarte Chile-UK Experimental Development Call 2015 |
| 11 January 2016 | SOUTH AFRICA- DST – NRF Fellowships for Early Career Researchers from the UK 2016 | |
| 18 January 2016 | 9am GMT | NEW OPPORTUNITY! KAZAKHSTAN- Industry Academia Partnership Programme – Kazakhstan |
| 20 January 2016 | 6pm Brasília time | NEW OPPORTUNITY! BRAZIL- Institutional Skills grants – Brazil-UK training programmes |
| 27 January 2016 | 12pm GMT | INDIA- UK- India research and innovation bridges competition: Agri-food |
| 04 February 2016 | 12pm GMT | MEXICO- UK- Mexico Collaborative Industrial R&D Competition |
| 23 March 2016 | 12pm GMT | NEW OPPORTUNITY! CHINA- UK-China research and innovation bridges competition |
| 20 April 2016 | 12pm GMT | INDIA- UK-India collaborative industrial research and development competition: Clean-tech, affordable healthcare and ICT |
| APPLICATIONS ON A ROLLING BASIS | N/A | TURKEY- Fellowships for Visiting Scientists and Scientists on Sabbatical Leave |
If you are interested in applying for any of these calls, please contact Emily Cieciura, RKEO Research facilitator: EU & International or your Faculty Funding Development Officer.
To keep up to date with Newton Funding and share experiences with other academics, why not join the Newton Fund Network or sign up for their Newton Newsletter? For more general news on international HE activities, take a look at the UK HE International Unit’s International Focus Newsletter. Another way to participate is to attend the international research workshops delivered by The British Council.













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